Soldiers Kidnap Seven Palestinians In The West Bank

Updated: Israeli soldiers kidnapped, late on Saturday at night and earlier on Sunday at dawn, at leastÂ seven Palestinians from the West Bank districts of Ramallah, Bethlehem, Hebron and Tulkarem.

The soldiers, stationed at military roadblock #300, at the northern entrance of Bethlehem, stopped a Palestinian car, and kidnapped Morad Mustafa Hammad, 24, who was heading back home from Jerusalem.

Hammad, 23, is from the â€˜Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem; he cuffed and blindfolded before the soldiers took him to a detention center for interrogation.

The soldiers also invaded Teqouaâ€™ town, east of Bethlehem, and summoned Omar Taleb al-Badan, 28, for interrogation inÂ the Gush Etzion military base, south of Bethlehem. The soldiers also searched his property, causing damage.

In related news, the soldiers broke into a number of homes, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped Moâ€™tasem and his brother Saqer Mustafa al-Qawasmi.

In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, the soldiers invaded and searched several homes, interrogated many Palestinians, and kidnapped three, identified as Omar Abdul-Qader Hijaz, 21, his brother Hisham Abdul-Qader Hijaz, 24, and Khaled Tawfiq Ibrahim, 32.

In the northern West bank district of Tulkarem, several army jeeps invaded â€˜Atteel town, north of Tulkarem city, and kidnapped Mahmoud Rateb Abu Salem, 37, after violently searching his home.